That whole concept of everything being saved is not new or innovative or suddenly more efficient with google. This is actually the third "google OS" if I remember right though? Didn't they do one for those walmart PC's or something and then android, and now this?
meanwhile, cloud computing is a bunch of marketing garbage in general so to hear that it is essentially cloud/virtualization is not exactly refreshing or reasonable. I don't really see why we would gain some benefit from google making an OS that is remote. If they made a direct OS that was competition with other linux distros, aka android, and made it mature and developed enough to be used on notebooks/desktops, that would sell well. however, just a "cloud-style os?" fail.
this is very sad for pandora. They have no idea how fast they are going to go out of relevance. You got to wonder what kind of backdoor deal was made ot come up with 25%. 12% of revenue is still huge. $25k startup is also ridiculous.
I'll pray someone makes their own station, does it for free, violates copyright, gets a lawyer, and fights back, I guess.
There are more problems than rear end collisions. One is that yellow lights are intended to separate green and red. Red light cameras essentially get rid of this; it's now a violation to have some separation between green and red per the citations. This is not only dangerous, but creates a disparity between the use and intent for having traffic lights.
platforms are presumed to have more money/easier targets.
It's a lot easier for thousands of people to sue a big corp and have one stupid lawsuit go through, than to do the work and get a subpoena and follow the legal channels to find something that, in the worst case, might be totally legal.
she did a bad thing. Scum though? Honestly, there are less trolls online than there are offline - see scientology, fundies, christianity, Basji, world bank, kim jong il, etc. I'd hardly call an internet troll someone who's scum. May as well call them griefers as that may be more befitting for those who understand the term.
blizzard is really stupid to do this. Just watch how huge the backlash is going to be on this. Won't be the first time. Then again, they sold out to activision, wasn't it? Little surprise.
I can't wait to tell my friends who work at/own retail electronics locations if they don't already know about this (this is about a week old, Mike), as they will basically not carry the game.Sure as heck won't suggest it to friends either.
Sadly, Monitor making companies such as panasonic, sony, etc have been doing this concept for years (40+). Not only that, but when they add the "features" back in, they charge a premium for it. How do you think TV prices have remained constant at certain inch-sizes for decades (adjusted for inflation)?
Have there ever been companies that sold out, that actually didn't do greedy things after selling out?
I'm betting emusic got a nice big fat guaranteed amount of cash and is now just letting Sony take over and running with the cash, so they don't care if it goes out of business. Honestly this is too much to be an accident.
Please. I'll bet my entire net worth (future and current) that the same situation will occur. Look at the net. People are still demonizing the internet and it's been what, 30 years now?
Music will take 30-50 years for the execs to embrace 100%. That or 6 months after bankruptcy.
I'd love to see these comments non-anonymous, but I guess some people aren't willing to step up huh? Paid shills suckle their cash teats some more, no doubt.
Oh and napster? Please. There were lots of other services around at the same time. Napster was just one that hit it big. I remember an AIM version, kazaa, dc++, morpheus, grokster, edonkey. This stuff isn't going away.
There's a few I have heard are super smart. Posner is actually not a good speaker from what I hear. He's just an amazing writer of legal opinions.
I have heard Easterbrook and/or Diane Sykes are amazing to hear. If you ever want to go, look up http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/ and note the week and session calendar/daily calendar. You will need to check the day you plan to go to see who is covering cases that day. These justices are not in every day (by far!) so it's not like you can just decide to go. As an example, they are in recess until 7/7/09.
Posner is one of the smartest judges known and probably the most cited. That last part = This does not bode well, and shows his bias as it isn't a logical viewpoint. It makes me rethink the idea of wanting to have lunch discussing copyright law with the guy (I live really close to where he presides and wanted to see some serious lawyering at the appeals court).
Meanwhile, just a FYI mike - they can't really file a case to be reviewed by Posner. As he is a justice of the highest court in Illinois (the circuit appellate - appeals court). If you had him on an appeal case you'd have two other judges making decisions with him, minimum. So it really doesn't effect anything other than showing that Posner has a view on newspapers that is a little bit limited. That whole court group, while opinionated, are some of the most qualified judges on the planet...we're talking seriously experienced and smart people.
Meanwhile, it brings the truth/its own issue: no matter how smart or stupid you are, in the end you're putting out your own opinion, not something that your intellect can help with if it's a generational gap.
PS Mike - wherever FMpub.net, (I think thats the name?) is involved with techdirt's site loading/previews, my connection hangs on loading constantly, waiting on fmpub, in firefox and chrome (haven't tested anything else). Do they have a bad connection to the midwest or something.
I wouldn't read WSJ even without a pay wall. Lots of people feel that way. They do a bad job as far as newspapers go, they're on the way out as far as relevance.
I know a guy way high up working for the music industry, went to Israel with him about a year and a half ago. He isn't too happy working for them when he found out what the results were, so let me assure you the cognitive dissonance is on the inside just as much as out.
Meanwhile, their RIAA blog is comment disabled - I guess they realized that they would be trolled and likewise can't handle the truth.
(hint: if the music industry started supporting new ideas instead of crying about album sales and gave up on copyright maybe less people wouldn't be wishing for violent unfortunate outcomes to be brought upon the RIAA/MPAA/IFPI).
I always ask the same thing about iphones, but people seem to love those too. Meanwhile, tethering, better reception, better battery life and spending about 400$ less for a G1 that has 32GB of storage has paid off a lot more.
Kinda was a poop in a box. Some people like that, I guess.
I'm not sure the policymakers (not all of AP, just the folks who seem to make the major policy decisions) at the AP actually do a job. I think they just zone out like zombies at their desks for 8 hours and collect a paycheck or something, possibly.
a simple way of putting it is : "filler advertising, lazy advertising, crappy advertising is no longer worth the public's eyes".
99% of the commercials out there are crap. It's not that they all have to be that way, plenty of people have been creative and relevant. Those are no longer "premium" things, those are standard/required to be worth anything. These things are the parts of advertising that make it content.
You have to be creative, compelling, you know all those things that happened before people just took money and thought they could just keep throwing the same old ideas out there.
Short summary of the problem: lazy/old bad execs, for the most part.
On the post: Why Is Google Turning Chrome Into An Operating System?
Re: Imagine
meanwhile, cloud computing is a bunch of marketing garbage in general so to hear that it is essentially cloud/virtualization is not exactly refreshing or reasonable. I don't really see why we would gain some benefit from google making an OS that is remote. If they made a direct OS that was competition with other linux distros, aka android, and made it mature and developed enough to be used on notebooks/desktops, that would sell well. however, just a "cloud-style os?" fail.
On the post: Why Should Webcasters Pay 25% Of Revenue To Promote Musicians?
disappointing
I'll pray someone makes their own station, does it for free, violates copyright, gets a lawyer, and fights back, I guess.
On the post: Why Did UK Anti-Piracy Group FACT Get Computers From A Criminal Investigation... And Keep Them?
Re: what did surfthechannel say?
On the post: Redlight Cameras In Kansas City Are Too Successful
Re: quick income
On the post: Why Is It So Difficult To Understand The Difference Between A Platform And A User?
welp
It's a lot easier for thousands of people to sue a big corp and have one stupid lawsuit go through, than to do the work and get a subpoena and follow the legal channels to find something that, in the worst case, might be totally legal.
On the post: Judge Tosses Out Lori Drew Ruling
Re: It's about time...
On the post: Blizzard The Latest To Kill Features, Call It An Upgrade
idiotic
I can't wait to tell my friends who work at/own retail electronics locations if they don't already know about this (this is about a week old, Mike), as they will basically not carry the game.Sure as heck won't suggest it to friends either.
Sadly, Monitor making companies such as panasonic, sony, etc have been doing this concept for years (40+). Not only that, but when they add the "features" back in, they charge a premium for it. How do you think TV prices have remained constant at certain inch-sizes for decades (adjusted for inflation)?
Have there ever been companies that sold out, that actually didn't do greedy things after selling out?
On the post: Even More eMusic Features Disabled?
out of biz is their goal I bet
On the post: BPI Admits It Screwed Up Over Napster... But Why Should We Trust It Now?
Re:
Music will take 30-50 years for the execs to embrace 100%. That or 6 months after bankruptcy.
I'd love to see these comments non-anonymous, but I guess some people aren't willing to step up huh? Paid shills suckle their cash teats some more, no doubt.
Oh and napster? Please. There were lots of other services around at the same time. Napster was just one that hit it big. I remember an AIM version, kazaa, dc++, morpheus, grokster, edonkey. This stuff isn't going away.
On the post: Judge Posner Recommends Extending Copyright Law To Protect Newspapers
Re: Re: odd
On the post: Judge Posner Recommends Extending Copyright Law To Protect Newspapers
Re: Re: odd
I have heard Easterbrook and/or Diane Sykes are amazing to hear. If you ever want to go, look up http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/ and note the week and session calendar/daily calendar. You will need to check the day you plan to go to see who is covering cases that day. These justices are not in every day (by far!) so it's not like you can just decide to go. As an example, they are in recess until 7/7/09.
On the post: Judge Posner Recommends Extending Copyright Law To Protect Newspapers
ugh
On the post: Judge Posner Recommends Extending Copyright Law To Protect Newspapers
odd
On the post: According To WSJ, Google Not Just A 'Thief' But A 'Digital Vampire'
Re:
I wouldn't read WSJ even without a pay wall. Lots of people feel that way. They do a bad job as far as newspapers go, they're on the way out as far as relevance.
On the post: RIAA Has A Blog? And They Use It To Read My Mind!
Re: Interesting.
Meanwhile, their RIAA blog is comment disabled - I guess they realized that they would be trolled and likewise can't handle the truth.
(hint: if the music industry started supporting new ideas instead of crying about album sales and gave up on copyright maybe less people wouldn't be wishing for violent unfortunate outcomes to be brought upon the RIAA/MPAA/IFPI).
On the post: Surprise, Surprise: Blu-Ray Still Not Catching On
Re:
On the post: Amazon Kindle DRM Strikes Again: You Don't Really Own Your eBooks
Re:
Kinda was a poop in a box. Some people like that, I guess.
On the post: AP: Others Who Use Our Work For Free Are Stealing... Now Who Wants To Provide Content To Us For Free?
Re: Seriously?
Kind of like putting a vegetable on a payroll.
On the post: NY Times Discovers That Advertising Is Content; Content Is Advertising
Re:
99% of the commercials out there are crap. It's not that they all have to be that way, plenty of people have been creative and relevant. Those are no longer "premium" things, those are standard/required to be worth anything. These things are the parts of advertising that make it content.
You have to be creative, compelling, you know all those things that happened before people just took money and thought they could just keep throwing the same old ideas out there.
Short summary of the problem: lazy/old bad execs, for the most part.
On the post: If Downloading A Song Is Just Like Stealing A CD, Why Won't The RIAA Allow Reselling MP3s?
didn't someone get sued for this?
Next >>